"But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness,

but is in danger of eternal damnation"

Mark 3:29 (KJV) Matthew Henry Commentary

Blasphemy like all sin takes many forms and needs to be exposed for what it is!
Who defines what blasphemy is and who are blasphemers? God does!

BLASPHEMY

Blasphemy is the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence to God.
Blasphemy denotes any utterance that insults God or Christ.
Jesus teaches that the blasphemy for which there is no forgiveness is that against the Holy Spirit; all other blasphemies, particularly those against "the Son of Man, " may be forgiven.

In the sense of speaking evil of God this word is found in Ps. 74:18; Isa 52:5; Rom 2:24; Rev 13:1, 6; 16:9, 11, 21. It denotes also any kind of calumny, or evil-speaking, or abuse (1Ki 21:10; Act 13:45; 18:6, etc.). Our Lord was accused of blasphemy when he claimed to be the Son of God (Mat 26:65; Mat 9:3; Mar 2:7). They who deny his Messiahship blaspheme Jesus (Luk 22:65; Jhn 10:36).

Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost (Mat 12:31,32; Mar 3:28,29; Luk 12:10) is regarded by some as a continued and obstinate rejection of the gospel, and hence is an unpardonable sin, simply because as long as a sinner remains in unbelief he voluntarily excludes himself from pardon. Others regard the expression as designating the sin of attributing to the power of Satan those miracles which Christ performed, or generally those works which are the result of the Spirit's agency.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

BLASPHEMY

blas'-fe-mi (blasphemia): In classical Greek meant primarily "defamation" or "evil-speaking" in general; "a word of evil omen," hence, "impious, and irreverent speech against God."

(1) In the Old Testament as substantive and vb.:

(a) (barakh) "Naboth did blaspheme God and the king" (1Ki 21:10,13 the King James Version);

(b) (gadhaph) of Senna-cherib defying Yahweh (2Ki 19:6,22 =Isa 37:6,23; also Ps 44:16; Eze 20:27; compare Nu 15:30), "But the soul that doeth aught with a high hand (i.e. knowingly and defiantly),.... the same blasphemeth (so the Revised Version (British and American), but the King James Version "reproacheth") Yahweh; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people." Blasphemy is always in word or deed, injury, dishonor and defiance offered to God, and its penalty is death by stoning;

(d) (naqabh) "And he that blasphemeth the name of Yahweh, he shall surely be put to death" (Le 24:11,16);

(e) (na'ats) David's sin is an occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme (2Sa 12:14; also Ps 74:10,18; Isa 52:5;

compare Eze 35:12; 2Ki 19:3 the King James Version; Isa 37:3).

(2) In the New Testament blasphemy, substantive and vb., may be

(a) of evil-speaking generally, (Ac 13:45; 18:6); The Jews contradicted Paul "and blasphemed," the Revised Version, margin "railed." (So in the King James Version of Mt 15:19 =Mr 7:22; Col 3:8, but in the Revised Version (British and American) "railings"; Re 2:9 the Revised Version, margin "reviling"; so perhaps in 1Ti 1:20; or Hymeneus and Alexander may have blasphemed Christ by professing faith and living unworthily of it.)

(b) Speaking against a heathen goddess: the town clerk of Ephesus repels the charge that Paul and his companions were blasphemers of Diana (Ac 19:37).

(c) Against God: (i) uttering impious words (Re 13:1,5,6; 16:9,11,21; 17:3); (ii) unworthy conduct of Jews (Ro 2:24) and Christians (1Ti 6:1; Tit 2:5, and perhaps 1Ti 1:20); (iii) of Jesus Christ, alleged to be usurping the authority of God (Mt 9:3 =Mr 2:7 =Lu 5:21), claiming to be the Messiah, the son of God (Mt 26:65 =Mr 14:64), or making Himself God (Joh 10:33,36).

(d) Against Jesus Christ: Saul strove to make the Christians he persecuted blaspheme their Lord (Ac 26:11). So was he himself a blasphemer (1Ti 1:13; compare Jas 2:7).

The Unpardonable Sin:

(3) Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit:

"Every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men; but the blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven. And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever shall speak against the Holy of Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in that which is to come" (Mt 12:31,32 =Mr 3:28,29; Lu 12:10). As in the Old Testament "to sin with a high hand" and to blaspheme the name of God incurred the death penalty, so the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit remains the one unpardonable sin. These passages at least imply beyond cavil the personality of the Holy Spirit, for sin and blasphemy can only be committed against persons. In Mt and Mr a particular case of this blasphemy is the allegation of the Pharisees that Jesus Christ casts out devils by Beelzebub. The general idea is that to attribute to an evil source acts which are clearly those of the Holy Spirit, to call good evil, is blasphemy against the Spirit, and sin that will not be pardoned. "A distinction is made between Christ's other acts and those which manifestly reveal the Holy Spirit in Him, and between slander directed against Him personally as He appears in His ordinary acts, and that which is aimed at those acts in which the Spirit is manifest" (Gould, Mark at the place). Luke does not refer to any particular instance, and seems to connect it with the denial of Christ, although he, too, gives the saying that "who shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven." But which of Christ's acts are not acts the Holy Spirit, and how therefore is a word spoken against Him not also blasphemy against the Holy Spirit? John identifies the Holy Spirit with the exalted Christ (Joh 14:16-18,26,28). The solution generally offered of this most difficult problem is concisely put by Plummer (Luke ad loc.): "Constant and consummate opposition to the influence of the Holy Spirit, because of a deliberate preference of darkness to light, render repentance and therefore forgiveness morally impossible." A similar idea is taught in Heb 6:4-6, and 1Jo 5:16: "A sin unto death." But the natural meaning of Christ's words implies an inability or unwillingness to forgive on the Divine side rather than inability to repent in man. Anyhow the abandonment of man to eternal condemnation involves the inability and defeat of God. The only alternative seems to be to call the kenotic theory into service, and to put this idea among the human limitations which Christ assumed when He became flesh. It is less difficult to ascribe a limit to Jesus Christ's knowledge than to God's saving grace (Mr 13:32; compare Joh 16:12,13). It is also noteworthy that in other respects, at least, Christ acquiesced in the view of the Holy Spirit which He found among His contemporaries.

(Written by T. Rees, International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia)

Blasphemy: General Scriptures Concerning

Exd 20:7; Lev 19:12; 22:32; 24:10-16; Deu 5:11; 2Sa 12:14; 2Ki 19:22; 2Ch 32:19; Job 9:16, 17, 34, 35; 10:2-7; 13:7-9,

25-27; 15:13, 25, 26; 16:9, 11, 14; 19:6, 7, 21, 22; 21:13, 14; 22:12-14, 17; 30:21; 33:10, 11; 34:5, 6, 9, 16-19, 37; 37:20; 40:2;

Psa 5:1, 2; 10:11, 13; 50:21; 73:9, 11; 74:18; 78:19, 20; 94:7; 139:20; Pro 30:7-9;

Isa 8:21, 22; 29:15, 16; 36:15, 18, 20, 21; 37:10, 23; 40:27; 45:9; 52:5; 65:7; Jer 4:10; 17:15; 20:7; 23:10;

Eze 8:12; 9:9; 18:25; 20:27; 33:17-20; 35:12, 13; Dan 7:25; 11:36, 37; Hsa 7:13; Zep 1:12; Zec 5:3, 4; Mal 3:13, 14;

Mat 10:25; 12:31, 32; 15:19; Mar 3:29, 30; 7:21-23; Luk 12:10; Jhn 19:7; Rom 2:24; 1Cr 12:3; Col 3:8; 2Th 2:4; 2Ti 3:2;

Hbr 10:29; Jam 2:7; 3:10; 5:12; 2Pe 3:3, 4; Rev 13:1, 6; 16:9, 11, 21; 17:3

Nave's Topical Bible

"….haters of God, ….

Who knowing the judgment of God,

that they which commit such things are worthy of death"

Romans 1:30-32 (KJV)

Blasphemers are similar to atheists being naturally hostile to God, having no valid reason for their hatred.

On the other hand, they like to imply that perhaps1) there is no God and 2) they don't believe in God.

However, this is unintelligible. For instance, if they don't believe in God, then why do they hate Him so much?

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"And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge,

GOD GAVE THEM OVER TO A REPROBATE MIND,

(Reprobate Mind: a depraved, unprincipled, or wicked person:

a drunken reprobate, a person rejected by God and beyond hope of salvation)

to do those things which are not convenient (not proper);

Being filled with all unrighteousness (not righteous; wicked);

fornication,(an unmarried person who engages in sexual intercourse)

wickedness,(the quality of being evil or morally wrong)

covetousness,(marked by exceeding desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions),

maliciousness;(desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another)

full of envy,(a feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by someone else's possessions or qualities)

murder,(is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse),

debate,(argue, argumentative about a subject)

deceit,(the action or practice of deceiving someone by concealing or misrepresenting the truth)

malignity;(malice, malevolence, ill will, spite, spleen, grudge, the desire to see another experience pain, injury, or distress)

whisperers,(one who whispers secrets)

Backbiters,(a person who says nasty things about another person behind the second person's back)

haters of God,(naturally hostile to God)

despiteful,(intending or intended to do harm)

proud,(having or showing a high or excessively high opinion of oneself or one's importance)

boasters,(a very boastful and talkative person, a conceited and self-centered person)

inventors of evil things,(inventor of a profoundly immoral and wicked thing)

disobedient to parents,(refusing to obey rules and/or the authority of a parent)

Without understanding,(lack of knowledge)

covenantbreakers,(agreement, agree by lease, deed, or other legal contract)

without natural affection,(homosexuality, sodomy)

implacable,(used to describe someone who has strong opinions or feelings that are impossible to change)

unmerciful:(cruel or harsh; showing no mercy)

Who knowing the judgment of God,

THAT THEY WHICH COMMIT SUCH THINGS ARE WORTHY OF DEATH,

not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them"

Romans 1:28-32 (KJV) - Matthew Henry Commentary

REPROBATE

signifying "not standing the test, rejected" (a, negative, dokimos, "approved"), was primarily applied to metals (cp. Isa 1:22); it is used always in the NT in a Passive sense,

(a) of things, Hbr 6:8, "rejected," of land that bears thorns and thistles;

(b) of persons, Rom 1:28, of a "reprobate mind," a mind of which God cannot approve, and which must be rejected by Him, the effect of refusing "to have God in their knowledge;" in 1Cr 9:27 (for which see CAST, REJECTED); 2Cr 13:5, 6, 7, where the RV rightly translates the adjective "reprobate" (AV, "reprobates"), here the reference is to the great test as to whether Christ is in a person; in 2Ti 3:8 of those "reprobate concerning the faith," i.e., men whose moral sense is perverted and whose minds are beclouded with their own speculations; in Tts 1:16, of the defiled, who are "unto every good work reprobate," i.e., if they are put to the test in regard to any good work (in contrast to their profession), they can only be rejected. In the Sept., Pro 25:4; Isa 1:22.